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CAMPHUYSEN, DIRK RAFELSZ (1586—1627)

CAMPHUYSEN, See also:
DIRK
DIRK RAFELSZ (1586—1627) , Dutch painter, poet and theologian, was the son of a surgeon at Gorcum. As he manifested See also:

GREAT

great See also:

ARTISTIC

artistic See also:

TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent, his See also:

BROTHER

brother, in whose See also:

charge he was See also:

LEFT

left on the See also:

DEATH

death of his parents, placed him under the painter Govaerts. But at that See also:

time there was intense See also:

INTEREST

interest in See also:

THEOLOGY

theology; and Camphuysen, sharing in the prevailing See also:

ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm, deserted the pursuit of See also:

art, to become first a private See also:

TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor and afterwards See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of Vleuten near See also:

Utrecht(1616). As, however, he had embraced the doctrines of See also:

Arminius with fervour, he was deprived of this See also:

POST

post and driven into See also:

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile (1619). His See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief solace was See also:

POETRY

poetry; and he has left a See also:

TRANSLATION

translation of the See also:

Psalms, and a number of See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short pieces, remarkable for their freshness and See also:

DEPTH

depth of poetic feeling. He is also the author of several theological See also:

WORKS

works of See also:

FAIR

fair merit, among which is a Compendium Doctrinae Sociniorum; but his fame chiefly rests on his pictures, which, like his poems, are mostly small, but of great beauty; the colouring, though thin, is pure; the See also:

composition and pencilling are exquisite, and the See also:

PERSPECTIVE (Lat. peespicere, to see through)

perspective above See also:

criticism. The best of his works are his sunset and moonlight scenes and his views of the See also:

RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine and other See also:

rivers. The See also:

close of his See also:

LIFE

life was spent at Dokkum. His See also:

NEPHEW

nephew See also:

RAPHAEL (Hebrew smm, " God heals ")

Raphael (b. 1598) is by some considered to have been the author of several of the works ascribed to him; and his son Govaert (1624—1674); a follower or imitator of See also:

Paul See also:

Potter, is similarly credited.

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